| burden | (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: load, loading |
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| (noun) the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse | - |
| (noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus |
| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: core, effect, essence, gist |
| burdensomeness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness |
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| burdock | (noun) any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs | Synonyms: clotbur |
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